Explain why or why not, using supporting examples from your text

Apr 18th, 2014

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Original question: "In
general, how do the gods and goddesses described in the myths resemble human
men and women? How do they differ? Are the similarities and differences
important to their divine status? Explain why or why not, using supporting
examples from your text."

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Please respond to each part (150-200 each)

PART1:

I believe
that the gods and goddesses that are described in the myths are similar to
people in many ways. For instance, after reading various stories about
the fire goddess Pele, I discovered a lot of human characteristics that she had
such as impulsive, unstable, and passionate. Leonard and McClure (2004)
mentions different human characteristic s by stating that her skin was rugged
and black and that her hair was the color of cinders. The way the book
describes her skin and hair color makes me associated her with a human
person. Leonard and McClure (2004) goes on and describes her looks after
she came out the pit of fire stating that she looked like a lovely woman no
longer being a hag. Just like humans the fire of goddess has family members,
Leonard and McClure (2004) denotes that Pele has several sisters. In addition,
Pele and her sisters also eat and sleep which is another comparison to human
beings. Her similarities to humans are recognized through her human
characteristics just like other gods and goddesses. The differences between
Pele and other gods and goddesses are revealed with their remarkable powers.

There are many stories about how the Greek
gods behaved and interacted with human, and these myths were even used to help
explain the unknown and sometimes teach a lesson. The Greeks created gods
in the image of human, and their gods had many human qualities. For example,
the gods constantly fought among themselves, behaved irrationally and unfairly,
and were even often jealous of each other. Zeus was rarely faithful to
his wife, while Hera would plot against and even punish Zeus and his
mistresses. The gods were emotional and sometimes behaved immoral; their
religion also did not have a standard set of morals, there were no Judaic Ten
Commandments (US history, 2014).
I feel that there are many similarities from the gods to humans and I feel that
these Greek stories were told so that the people of Greece and Athens had
something to look up to and so that their behavior would be more like the gods
that they worshiped, but that being said I also feel that all though there were
gods that many worshiped there were also those who believed in their own ways
of doing things that these were just stories and they were free to feel the way
they chose. I also feel that even though these were Greek gods, many of
these behaviors flooded many other regions and beliefs and many other individuals
believed in the myths of Greek gods no matter where they resided.